| Date
|
Lecture
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Lab Activity
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Instructor
|
| Week 1
|
Course overview and sampling design
|
There is no lab during week of Sep 2-6, 2019
|
Krzic & Brown
|
| Week 2
|
Soil texture & aggregate stability
|
Sampling and sample preparation for mineral soils in Agriculture and Forestry
|
Brown & Krzic
|
| Week 3
|
Soil bulk density and water content (Time Domain Reflectometry)
|
Soil texture & aggregate stability
|
Brown & Krzic
|
| Week 4
|
Organic matter, electrical conductivity
|
Field sampling of soil bulk density, water content (gravimetric, volumetric) & TDR
|
Brown & Krzic
|
| Week 5
|
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
|
Organic matter, electrical conductivity
|
Krzic & Brown
|
| Week 6
|
Grad student topics (for methods papers)
|
CEC & exchangeable cations
|
Krzic
|
| Week 7
|
pH, available P, micronutrients
|
Thanksgiving Day - UBC closed
|
Krzic
|
| Week 8
|
Soil respiration
|
Soil pH, available P, Available micronutrients
|
Krzic & Brown
|
| Week 9
|
Soil biodiversity
|
Measurement of soil respiration
|
Brown & Grayston
|
| Week 10
|
Grad student presentations - day 1
|
Soil biological sampling (field) & Extraction of soil macro- & meso-fauna
|
Grayston & Krzic
|
| Week 11
|
Plant-microbe symbiosis, mycorrhizae and N fixing root nodules
|
Rememberance Day - UBC closed
|
Grayston
|
| Week 12
|
Soil biological functions and activity
|
Mycorrhizal fungi AM & ECM. Nodules identification, N-fixation estimation
|
Brown
|
| Week 13
|
Course summary & certificates
|
Enzyme assays. Demonstration of molecular biology & isotope techniques
|
Krzic, Grayston and Brown
|
